Report: Amazon Testing eBook Subscription Service

How would you like Amazon Prime, but for eBooks? It's reportedly on its way.

As first reported by GigaOm, Amazon appears to be testing a new ebook and audiobook subscription service, dubbed "Kindle Unlimited," which will let you read to your heart's content for $9.99 a month. The retail giant hasn't yet announced Kindle Unlimited, and did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but users spotted promotional pages for the service on the company's website.

"Enjoy unlimited access to over 600,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device for just $9.99 a month," the page reads.

A look at the leaked page reveals that major publishers may not be down with Amazon's new ebook subscription approach. According to GigaOm, one page shows 638,416 available titles, including favorites like the The Hunger Games and Harry Potter series, but nothing from top publishers like Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins.

Amazon's new offering will compete with other ebook subscription services like Scribd and Oyster. Scribd in January launched on the Kindle Fire, offering unlimited access to more than 400,000 books from over 900 publishers for $8.99 a month.

Angela has been a PCMag reporter since January 2012. Prior to joining the team, she worked as a reporter for SC Magazine, covering everything related to hackers and computer security. Angela has also written for The Northern Valley Suburbanite in New Jersey, The Dominion Post in West Virginia, and the Uniontown-Herald Standard in Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of West Virginia University's Perely Isaac Reed School of Journalism.
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